God's Instruments: Political Conduct in the England of Oliver Cromwell

by Blair Worden

Book Overview

The Puritan Revolution escaped the control of its creators. The parliamentarians who went to war with Charles I in 1642 did not want or expect the fundamental changes that would follow seven years later: the trial and execution of the king, the abolition of the House of Lords, and the creation of the only republic in English history. There were startling and unexpected developments, too, in religion and ideas: the spread of unorthodox doctrines; the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199675414
• ISBN13: 9780199675418
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 421 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"